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Pressure & stress

hectopascalhPa

Hecto-scaled variant of the pascal, exactly hPa = 100 base unit.

Dimension
pressure
Canonical signature
L^-1*M*T^-2
System
si
Exactness
Exact

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 hPa = 100 Pa
Conversion type
linear
Historical notes
Stress shares the unit but represents a different physical concept.
Aliases
hecto pascals

Same dimension

Related units

pound per square inchimperial uspsipascalsiPabarsi acceptedbarkilopound per square inchimperial uskpsimegapound per square inchimperial usMpsiquettapascalsiQParonnapascalsiRPayottapascalsiYPa

Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 hPa = 100 Pa

Exact relationship

10 hPa = 1,000 Pa

Exact relationship